Do your employees understand the purpose, function and limitations of your machine safeguards?  Are they without proper training in the skills to effectively use, inspect and maintain the guards to ensure they are in proper working order?

Although your machines, from the simplest to the most complex may have the most up to date safeguards in place your employees must still understand the purpose, function and limitations of your safeguards. They also need to be trained in the skills and knowledge to effectively use, inspect and maintain the guards in proper working order.

Allied customizes each machine guarding/safeguarding training program to address your specific machine and operational needs and provides the necessary certification of training for each program.

Machine Guards/Safeguards Operators Training
(Initial or Refresher)

Allied’s safety professionals will work with you to design and deliver an in depth comprehensive operators’ training program including hands on training, and participant job skill & knowledge assessments (written and practical) specific to your procedures and equipment. It will include:

• OSHA regulations relevant to the equipment.
• Recognition of machine guard/safeguarding hazards and limitations of guards/safeguards.
• Purpose and function of your guards/safeguards.
• Use of safeguards and any required personal protective equipment/operational tools.
• Operator inspection and maintenance of guards/safeguards and equipment.
• Lockout/tagout maintenance requirements.
• What to do about a non-operational, missing or inadequate guard or safeguard.

Machine Guarding/Safeguarding Program Management Training
(Initial or Refresher)

Allied safety professionals will work with your programs/plans and processes to develop and deliver a comprehensive training program for your supervisory and management personnel to:

• Provide an understanding of applicable standards/regulations including what OSHA looks for in an inspection.
• Create an awareness of the high risks of machine operation and overall costs of injuries.
• Identify the guarding/safeguarding compliance requirements as applicable to your procedures, equipment, machines and operation.
• Provide an overview of machine hazard assessments.
• Develop management awareness to recognize improper or non-use of guards/safeguards.
• Identify employers’ and employee responsibilities regarding machine guards/safeguarding.
• Supervisory surveillance for guards/safeguarding use and compliance.
• Discuss requirements for the use of lockout/tagout procedures during maintenance.
• Recommendations for operator inspections and program audits.

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